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Welcome to the USA of 2025, where condemning genocide is deemed antisemitism and can get you deported, but building concentration camps and calling bankers ‘Shylocks’ doesn’t get condemned by the news media at all.

05.07.2025 02:11 — 👍 14459    🔁 4008    💬 255    📌 104
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Saw this on Reddit and had to share.

04.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Remove RFK Jr. — Protect Autistic and Neurodivergent Civil Rights

My voice for the day. Help me help you. chng.it/KSSQPGMnDV

03.06.2025 23:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition

30.05.2025 21:57 — 👍 2524    🔁 1137    💬 105    📌 68
A summary of LGBTQ+ friendly mental health resources
Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to thrive. Available at https://translifeline.org or 1-877-565-8860
LGBT National Hotline serves the community by providing free & confidential peer support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs. Available at https://lgbthotline.org or 1-800-246-7743
National Suicide Crisis Lifeline: Available at https://988lifeline.org or 988. Text PRIDE to 988 for LGBTQ+ services. "At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone."
Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support via mediums people already use and trust. Available at https://www.crisistextline.org/ or text HOME to 741-741
For LGBTQ+ young people: The Trevor Project, available at https://www.thetrevorproject.org or text START to 678-678
For queer BIPOC community: BlackLine, available at https://www.callblackline.com/ or 1-800-604-5841
For queer South Asian community: DeQH, available at https://www.deqh.org/ or 908-367-3374
For LGBT older adults >50 years: SAGE, available at https://www.sageusa.org or 1-888-234-SAGE

A summary of LGBTQ+ friendly mental health resources Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to thrive. Available at https://translifeline.org or 1-877-565-8860 LGBT National Hotline serves the community by providing free & confidential peer support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs. Available at https://lgbthotline.org or 1-800-246-7743 National Suicide Crisis Lifeline: Available at https://988lifeline.org or 988. Text PRIDE to 988 for LGBTQ+ services. "At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone." Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support via mediums people already use and trust. Available at https://www.crisistextline.org/ or text HOME to 741-741 For LGBTQ+ young people: The Trevor Project, available at https://www.thetrevorproject.org or text START to 678-678 For queer BIPOC community: BlackLine, available at https://www.callblackline.com/ or 1-800-604-5841 For queer South Asian community: DeQH, available at https://www.deqh.org/ or 908-367-3374 For LGBT older adults >50 years: SAGE, available at https://www.sageusa.org or 1-888-234-SAGE

Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms

02.06.2025 21:23 — 👍 527    🔁 372    💬 7    📌 22
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Games played last month, slow but had fun!! #bgstats got to play in a new location when on vacation too.

02.06.2025 15:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish

Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

26.05.2025 13:28 — 👍 24179    🔁 5026    💬 382    📌 169

President Donald Trump said an image he showed South Africa’s president depicted “burial” sites, but the rows of crosses were in memory of two murdered farmers. Some of the video clips of political leaders are years old. buff.ly/L1ZuQ95

23.05.2025 14:17 — 👍 19    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 6

I just don't know where to begin. This just shows that they think these people are not human!

17.05.2025 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say Taxpayers would likely foot the bill to retrofit President Trump's new jet, which could be more than twice the plane's $400 million value.

This was my first thought. A plane does not make Air Force 1. It needs a LOT of work to make a plane Air Force 1. Also, will they need to undo it all after service so Trump can keep it?? www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

14.05.2025 01:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.

13.05.2025 01:17 — 👍 22112    🔁 5301    💬 1687    📌 496
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You count on the NPR Network. THANK YOU to our supporters who are showing we can count on you too.

If you haven’t given yet, it’s time to join the movement to defend public media.

Donate now: n.pr/3EYClNR

12.05.2025 15:57 — 👍 8704    🔁 2053    💬 200    📌 66
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How Vaccines are Developed and Approved for Use Learn how vaccines are developed and approved for use.

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RFK Jr. says childhood vaccines weren’t tested and that COVID boosters need full trials every year.
That’s not how vaccines—or science—work. Time for a #FactCheckFriday!

Let’s talk about how vaccines are tested, and how this kind of talk puts real people at risk.

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/bas...

09.05.2025 17:48 — 👍 806    🔁 297    💬 17    📌 17
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Urge Congress: Save Public Media Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!

5 minutes of you time to be heard.

protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-emails/.

05.05.2025 21:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sign the Petition Don't cut funding for PBS and NPR. Protect public broadcasting!

chng.it/j86tBdR7YZ

04.05.2025 00:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Executive Order #14202 "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias" & the 1st Amendment Text SIGN PEQPOV to 50409 — I’m reaching out not because of anything I’ve seen in the media, but because I’ve taken the time to read several of President Trump’s Executive Orders myself—including EO #14202—and I’m genuinely alarmed by what I found. Before diving into the order, I want to mention something the President said recently at the White House Easter Egg Roll: “We’re bringing religion back in America.” As a Christian, I value my faith deeply. But as an American, I’m uncomfortable—disturbed, even—by the idea of our government pushing any one religion as the foundation of national identity. That’s not what this country was built on. EO #14202, “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias,” may sound protective on the surface, but it clearly prioritizes one faith over others. The task force created under this order met just last week, and it’s obvious this isn’t about defending religious liberty for all—it’s about putting Christianity in a privileged position. One line in the order really stood out to me: “My Administration will ensure that any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified.” That wording—“improper conduct”—is vague and subjective. Who decides what’s improper? What even counts as “anti-Christian”? Language like this opens the door to targeting people simply for holding different beliefs. Another part talks about taking action to “rectify” past anti-Christian conduct. That doesn’t sound like protection—it sounds like punishment, and it’s based on standards that aren’t clearly defined. I love this country. I love that it was founded on the idea of religious freedom—for everyone. Orders like this one don’t protect that ideal; they undermine it. I hope you’ll take the time to read EO #14202 closely, and others like it, with a truly open mind. Put party aside and listen to your conscience. A lot of us out here are worried—and for good reason.

🖋️ “Executive Order #14202 'Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias' & the 1st Amendment” hit 100 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PEQPOV to 50409

28.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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This campaign needs you now Halt the Proposal for a National Autism Registry - Uphold Disabled Children's Privacy Rights

Never hurts to speak up! Takes seconds to do. chng.it/VmYNNbCCCX

28.04.2025 20:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sad that it could be...

27.04.2025 20:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

25.04.2025 20:39 — 👍 7472    🔁 3364    💬 90    📌 218
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Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon for loyalist Michele Fiore, who paid for her plastic surgery with funds that were meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer.

Lets not forget the police union backed Trump. apnews.com/article/trum...

25.04.2025 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Block Autism Registry: Protect Medical Privacy, Prevent Eugenics-Based Policy Text SIGN PUGEVU to 50409 — I’m writing to urge you to immediately oppose any federal effort to create a disease registry that tracks Autistic individuals through medical record surveillance. Not only is this a chilling overreach into personal health data — it’s a direct violation of privacy rights protected under HIPAA and supported by legal precedent, including Whalen v. Roe. There is no medical or ethical justification for building a government database of autistic people. This isn’t public health — it’s pretext. And it should alarm anyone with even a passing understanding of our history. We’ve seen this before. In the 20th century, eugenics programs in the U.S. used registries and diagnosis labels to justify forced sterilizations, institutionalization, and other human rights violations against disabled people — often under the banner of “protection” or “prevention.” Framing autism as a disease and tracking people like a public threat isn’t just dehumanizing — it echoes the logic and language of that dark history. Autism is not a disease. It’s a neurotype. And building a federal database of neurodivergent citizens is a step down a dangerous road that has never ended well. I urge you to: • Oppose any legislation or funding that enables a federal registry of autistic individuals; • Investigate whether such a program violates medical privacy law and the constitutional right to autonomy; • And publicly denounce eugenics-adjacent policies that treat disabled people as a public threat to be tracked rather than individuals to be supported. History is watching. Please be on the right side of it.

🖋️ “Block Autism Registry: Protect Medical Privacy, Prevent Eugenics-Based Policy” hit 1,000 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PUGEVU to 50409

24.04.2025 17:55 — 👍 21    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0
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This just resonates with me, I have always felt like they judge others so they don't have to look at themselves.

21.04.2025 23:19 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Resistbot Petition: Defense Secretary Hegseth must go, using unsecured Signal endangers lives Text SIGN PMODWN to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Simple way to get your message to your reps and let them know how you feel. #resistbot

resist.bot/petitions/PM...

21.04.2025 16:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A few small Skylight updates! 🙌🏽

@skylight.social

18.04.2025 01:55 — 👍 785    🔁 19    💬 88    📌 0
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Help get attention on this issue.

#resistbot

16.04.2025 20:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

15.04.2025 03:52 — 👍 90812    🔁 18529    💬 1616    📌 757
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Defend Clean Water Act - Legislate Rules and Protections for All Communities Text SIGN PCIULN to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Get your voice here! resist.bot/petitions/PC... #resistbot

13.04.2025 20:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Investigate Trump’s insider trading and market manipulation! Text SIGN PNMYTO to 50409 — Senator Adam Schiff has called on Congress to investigate whether President Donald Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused a sweeping set of tariffs, and I’m glad of it. I would like you to join him in calling for an investigation. Senator Schiff’s calls for a formal inquiry came soon after the S&P 500 surged more than 9% Wednesday afternoon after Trump announced the tariff pause. He had posted “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” on Truth Social minutes after the market opened on Wednesday, along with the letters “DJT,” which stands for both his initials and the ticker for his media company. This is deeply inappropriate and possibly illegal! We need an an urgent inquiry into whether President Trump, his family, or other members of the administration engaged in insider trading or other illegal financial transactions. Because to me this looks like graft and corruption. Do something about it! Finally, we need a ban on Congressional stock trading and we need it now. This kind of profiting off of governmental policy needs to stop. Thanks.

🖋️ “Investigate Trump’s insider trading and market manipulation!” hit 3,000 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PNMYTO to 50409

11.04.2025 16:38 — 👍 15    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Investigate Trump’s insider trading and market manipulation! Text SIGN PNMYTO to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Sign here @resist.bot :

11.04.2025 23:09 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

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